Preservation of John Collier Jr.s Photograph Collection

FAIN: PG-287620-22

University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87106-3837)
Diane Tyink (Project Director: January 2022 to July 2024)

The purchase of preservation supplies and hiring an undergraduate student to rehouse the John and Mary E.T. Collier Collection of photographs from the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Archives.

The purchase of polyethylene sleeves and archival boxes to rehouse, inventory and organize the John and Mary E. T. Collier Collection of approximately 8600 photographs currently in 65 boxes. Rehousing and organizing the collection will allow proper cataloging and ultimately the move toward creation of more online content, facilitating greater access for researchers. John Collier, Jr. (1913-1992) was an anthropologist, photographer and educator and is best known in the field of visual anthropology authoring in 1967 Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method. The collection contains projects that captured daily life of individuals in both rural and urban settings. A unique and invaluable humanities resource the collection is valuable to anthropologists, historians, and others. The grant would fund the purchase of preservation supplies and hiring of an undergraduate student assistant to rehouse photographs, label and prepare boxes, and inventory boxes by updating excel sheets.